2025 AFL Season Round 25: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 2025 between Essendon and Carlton during round twenty-five of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at the MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

Essendon (8.8.56) were defeated by Carlton (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Thursday 21 August 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,150

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 8.8.56 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	1	.	4	2	.	6	5	.	6	8	.	8	8	.	8	(56)
Carlton	3	.	4	7	.	6	11	.	8	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Margin	CARL by 12			CARL by 30			CARL by 38			CARL by 34			CARL by 34
Duration	28:50			29:25			30:19			28:38			1:57:12

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Carlton) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Michael Voss

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Patrick Cripps	CARL	9	3
Sam Walsh	CARL	18	2
Harry McKay	CARL	10	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
46	Blakiston, Lachlan	CHB	100%	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	Clarke, Angus	WR	85%	0	0	27	16	11	9	0	1	1	4	0	0	6	3
28	Duursma, Xavier	INT	88%	0	0	19	10	9	7	0	3	2	4	2	3	5	2
41	El-Hawli, Saad	WL	83%	0	0	16	13	3	5	0	2	0	5	0	0	3	2
17	Goldstein, Todd	RU	78%	0	0	16	6	10	4	18	3	7	6	2	3	0	1
11	Gresham, Jade	INT	71%	0	0	14	4	10	1	0	2	1	4	2	2	1	1
35	Guelfi, Matt	HFFL	77%	3	1	13	9	4	4	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2
40	Johnson, Zak	SUB	24%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
10	Kako, Isaac	FPR	87%	2	1	19	9	10	6	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0
4	Langford, Kyle	FPL	81%	1	0	14	6	8	3	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	4
34	Lual, Luamon	INT	87%	0	0	12	7	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	1
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	BPL	78%	0	0	30	11	19	3	0	1	3	4	2	1	0	5
48	McMahon, Liam	FF	55%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Menzie, Jye	HFFR	75%	0	1	7	3	4	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	C	86%	0	0	24	15	9	5	0	9	1	3	1	0	2	4
42	Nguyen, Jayden	BPR	81%	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	2	1	4	1	0	2	1
16	Perkins, Archie	RR	80%	0	1	19	10	9	4	0	4	4	3	0	1	1	0
25	Prior, Jaxon	FB	86%	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	3	0
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	89%	0	1	34	23	11	9	0	1	0	4	2	2	8	1
21	Roberts, Archie	HBFR	93%	0	0	28	15	13	1	0	3	3	5	3	2	5	5
9	Shiel, Dylan	RO	67%	0	1	30	9	21	8	0	2	1	3	0	0	5	3
38	Unwin, Rhys	INT	66%	0	1	6	5	1	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1
20	Wright, Peter	CHF	82%	2	0	8	7	1	6	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				8	8	382	201	181	99	28	49	27	66	19	19	45	39

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Acres, Blake	HFFR	82%	0	1	29	15	14	8	0	0	0	7	0	2	2	3
21	Camporeale, Lucas	SUB↑	24%	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
32	Carroll, Matt	BPR	84%	0	1	15	13	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2
2	Cowan, Lachie	HBFL	85%	0	0	22	15	7	7	0	2	0	1	2	1	4	2
9	Cripps, Patrick (c)	C	84%	0	0	28	8	20	3	0	5	3	5	0	2	1	6
12	De Koning, Tom	FF	78%	0	1	15	11	4	5	16	3	4	4	1	2	0	2
19	Durdin, Corey	RO	75%	0	0	15	7	8	7	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	3
44	Evans, Francis	FPR	80%	3	0	19	11	8	5	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	4
26	Haynes, Nick	HBFR	86%	0	0	15	10	5	8	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1
29	Hewett, George	RR	85%	1	2	36	12	24	2	0	2	10	3	0	0	0	5
4	Hollands, Oliver	WR	84%	0	0	21	10	11	2	0	3	3	2	3	0	4	3
10	McKay, Harry	CHF	91%	1	4	17	14	3	11	4	2	0	5	0	2	0	2
43	Moir, Ashton	INT	71%	2	0	8	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
3	Motlop, Jesse	INT	76%	1	0	22	12	10	3	0	2	2	5	1	2	1	4
40	O'Keeffe, Hudson	RU	78%	1	0	7	2	5	1	10	1	1	3	2	2	0	1
42	Saad, Adam	BPL	83%	0	0	16	14	2	7	0	2	1	1	1	0	6	0
18	Walsh, Sam	WL↓	54%	0	0	28	11	17	4	0	3	3	3	1	1	2	5
23	Weitering, Jacob	FB	99%	0	0	13	10	3	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	0
38	White, Will	INT	75%	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
6	Williams, Zac	HFFL	80%	1	0	18	8	10	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	1	0
35	Wilson, Billy	INT	78%	0	0	19	12	7	9	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	3
45	Young, Flynn	FPL	84%	2	0	19	11	8	8	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	8
33	Young, Lewis	CHB	85%	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				13	12	397	222	175	114	30	42	38	58	19	19	30	58

L. Camporeale replaced S. Walsh.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Essendon							Coach: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	42	A. Saad	23	J. Weitering	32	M. Carroll	17	T. Goldstein	28	X. Duursma
	10	I. Kako	48	L. McMahon	4	K. Langford	16	A. Perkins	11	J. Gresham
FORWARD							9	D. Shiel	34	L. Lual
HALF-BACK									38	R. Unwin
	2	L. Cowan	33	L. Young	26	N. Haynes			40	Z. Johnson
	29	J. Menzie	20	P. Wright	35	M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	18	S. Walsh	9	P. Cripps (c)	4	O. Hollands
	36	A. Clarke	7	Z. Merrett (c)	41	S. El-Hawli	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							40	H. O'Keeffe	43	A. Moir
HALF-FORWARD							29	G. Hewett	3	J. Motlop
	6	Z. Williams	10	H. McKay	13	B. Acres	19	C. Durdin	38	W. White
	21	A. Roberts	46	L. Blakiston	27	M. Redman			35	B. Wilson
HALF-BACK									21	L. Camporeale
FORWARD
	45	F. Young	12	T. De Koning	44	F. Evans
	42	J. Nguyen	25	J. Prior	1	A. McGrath (vc)
BACK
Carlton							Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	CARL	George Hewett behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	04:09
	ESSE	Isaac Kako behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	08:59
	ESSE	Archie Perkins behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	10:37
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	12:05
	CARL	Jesse Motlop goal	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	13:13
	CARL	Blake Acres behind	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	14:45
	CARL	Will White goal	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	16:14
	CARL	George Hewett goal	1.2.8	-	3.2.20	21:07
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	1.2.8	-	3.3.21	23:57
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	3.3.21	25:07
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	1.3.9	-	3.4.22	26:09
	ESSE	Rhys Unwin behind	1.4.10	-	3.4.22	27:41
Q2	CARL	Harry McKay goal	1.4.10	-	4.4.28	01:21
	CARL	Hudson O'Keeffe goal	1.4.10	-	5.4.34	03:17
	ESSE	Jye Menzie behind	1.5.11	-	5.4.34	05:16
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi goal	2.5.17	-	5.4.34	07:44
	CARL	Flynn Young goal	2.5.17	-	6.4.40	12:32
	CARL	George Hewett behind	2.5.17	-	6.5.41	15:58
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	2.5.17	-	6.6.42	19:56
	ESSE	Dylan Shiel behind	2.6.18	-	6.6.42	23:02
	CARL	Ashton Moir goal	2.6.18	-	7.6.48	24:47
Q3	ESSE	Matt Guelfi goal	3.6.24	-	7.6.48	00:34
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	4.6.30	-	7.6.48	04:34
	CARL	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	7.7.49	11:59
	CARL	Ashton Moir goal	4.6.30	-	8.7.55	15:18
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	4.6.30	-	8.8.56	19:50
	CARL	Francis Evans goal	4.6.30	-	9.8.62	23:07
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi goal	5.6.36	-	9.8.62	24:47
	CARL	Francis Evans goal	5.6.36	-	10.8.68	26:00
	CARL	Zac Williams goal	5.6.36	-	11.8.74	28:40
Q4	ESSE	Isaac Kako goal	6.6.42	-	11.8.74	01:33
	ESSE	Isaac Kako goal	7.6.48	-	11.8.74	06:42
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	8.6.54	-	11.8.74	11:19
	CARL	Francis Evans goal	8.6.54	-	12.8.80	16:17
	CARL	Rushed behind	8.6.54	-	12.9.81	18:06
	ESSE	Mason Redman behind	8.7.55	-	12.9.81	18:48
	CARL	Flynn Young goal	8.7.55	-	13.9.87	20:04
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi behind	8.8.56	-	13.9.87	22:50
	CARL	Matt Carroll behind	8.8.56	-	13.10.88	24:41
	CARL	Rushed behind	8.8.56	-	13.11.89	26:49
	CARL	Tom De Koning behind	8.8.56	-	13.12.90	28:03

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